Slate blue

#565ca5

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for slate blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Slate blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #565ca5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#565ca5
RGB86, 92, 165
HSL235, 31%, 49%
HSV235, 48%, 65%
CMYK48%, 44%, 0%, 35%
Lab41.77, 17.91, -40.24
XYZ14.46, 12.35, 37.22
Decimal5659813
Web safe#666699
Pantone660 C
Pantone660 CHex#565ca5Rgb86 92 165Cmyk48 44 0 35Lab42 18 -40Darker#252847Deep#3e4276Lighter#878bbc

Shades of slate blue

Tints of slate blue

Colors that go with slate blue

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 48, 44, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #565ca5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
48 44 0 35
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
48 44 4 41
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #565ca5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #565ca5; }
.text { color: #565ca5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #565ca5; }

How slate blue looks on light and dark

Slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #565ca5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
6.05:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
3.47:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #565ca5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #565ca5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around slate blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #565ca5 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from slate blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #565ca5 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.